Partying with Play-Dough

It has been a week! I have a dear friend (who I can't wait to see) coming in to town on Thursday to stay with us. I had a meeting at church for the Christmas program. Craziness at school. (Need I say more?) And on top of all that I made 100 bags of playdough- Yes, I said 100!
The kids' school is having a Halloween festival on Saturday and so I offered to help make playdough. When I saw that no one else had really signed up to make the playdough- I decided to step up and make more... (I know first hand how hard teachers work and if I didn't do it, I knew that one of the teachers would.) After we made the playdough and put them into individual bags, (Yes the kids helped.) Ali Jane sorted the bags into colors and put them in the correct bags.

I wasn't the meanest mom in the world. I made some for them to play with as well. The kids had fun (as they always do) and Joey actually made this cool spider! (Not bad if I do say so myself!) I think that this is Zach's first time playing with playdough- The good thing is, I made it so IF he put it in his mouth, I knew he wouldn't die... The bad thing is, he's going through this phase right now when sees a camera he says eeeeeeee (Cheese) so no action shot with that little man!





Comments

  1. Hearts & Hands Mommy!February 4, 2009 at 3:19 PM

    Here's the recipe' if anyone is interested-
    I usually double it.

    1 1/2 cups water
    2tsp liquid food coloring
    2 Tsp. cooking oil
    2 cups flour
    1/2 cup salt
    4 Tsp. cream of tartar (I don't double it. It drys it out to much)

    In a small bowl, combing water, food coloring, and oil. Set aside. Put flour, salt, and cream of tarter in a large saucepan (I use a pot). Over medium heat, pour that water mixture into the saucepan, stirring constantly. Cook and stir for five minutes , until a ball of dough forms. Cool for 5 minutes then knead it with your hands until smooth.

    I don't follow the detail mixture. I just throw it all in over medium heat and go with it.
    Also, for variety, I add a scent to the water, like peppermint, smell is stimulating to the brain.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

I love comments! Thanks for leaving one!

Popular posts from this blog

So tired...

Image
It's getting to me... I don't know if it's the sleep deprivation or the crazy schedule of being a full time working mom and having four kids at home... but it's getting to me. I am so tired. Last night I was up at midnight with Sean, then at 2:30 with Joe who was sick and threw up, I got back to bed at 3 and slept for 15 minutes until Sean woke up again. I let him cry for 45 MINUTES until I could take it no more, staggered into his room and nursed him. And then I was up before six to start my day which looks something like this.. Wake up, shower, get ready for work prior to kids waking up... (praying that they don't wake up) then waking the bigs who can dress themselves, and getting Zach changed and dressed, then downstairs to make breakfast for three bigs while putting together pump parts to take to school (that were drying over-night), clean up from breakfast, meds for Zach which now include a breathing treatment (from last Tuesday's doc apt), shoes on a...
Read more

Saying Goodbye...

Image
Well, we knew this day would come.  Prayed that it would be clear and it was. On Sunday night I laid with Cobi as I have (more so in recent weeks).  He asked to go outside at one point and he was out longer than usual.  I called for him to come inside and he didn't come. I had been cleaning the kitchen and I thought perhaps I had let him inside.  My brain isn't the best. I ran upstairs and to all his favorite places, but he was nowhere to be found.  I grabbed my shoes, wrapped my arms around me and went out to the cold calling for my baby, in a panic.  He came to me slowly from out in the darkness and when we got inside I sat with him, wrapped my arms around him and cried. As promised.  He had told me.  This was it. Somehow I went to school and made the call.  The last appointment of the day was at 5:20pm and since Joey wasn't getting home until 6:00, I took it as a consult and then also booked the first appointment for t...
Read more

It's the Honest Scrap!

Image
So some of you know that I have two blogs. This blog- which has reflected on my day to day adventures with my living children, things I love and the occasional "Pause" blog where I remember my angels. My other blog (That I refer to as my 'Pause' blog) has been an entire blog about my angels-a therapy to me in a sense- how they've changed me, restored me and helped me. I have met a huge community of mothers who have lost children and have been nominated by two of them for this Honest Scrap award (for my 'Pause' blog) The idea is similar to the last 'award' I wrote about, my new friends stated in their blogs that: The award is about bloggers who post from their heart, who write from the depths of their soul. In order to accept the award I must nominate seven fellow bloggers as recipients, and then list ten honest and interesting things about myself. So- although I was nominated on 'Pause'- I'm writing on 'Days' because I have sh...
Read more